Diamond by Afrit SOLUTION

ACROSS 1. chuffs (choughs) 6. Came-l.s (Coriolanus ii 1) 11. N-arce-ine 12. Bekah (Genesis xxiv 22) 13. (abyss)inia 17. Skua (rev. auks) 18 heal (anag. hale,Leah Genesis xxix 25) 19. Aphis (spahi) 21. Rede-'em 23. S-ch-nor-r-er 26 se(e)-parable (Matthew xiii 30) 29. Entrechat (anag.) 32 Emboli (anag.) 34. Amber (traffic light, Forever Amber) 37. Loto (2 meanings, 2 anags.) 39 I-nez (Don Juan) 40 Loti (anag of toil) 41 se-W-en 42 Tacksman (tax-man) 43. Try-gon(e) 45. Tupelo (anag)

DOWN 1. Cnidae (anag.) 2. H-an-ap 3. Urim (you're 'im) 4 fetish (anag) 7. Abele 8. Ekka (D-ekke-an) 9 Laurence (ang) 10 Shaw-MS 14. Phan-a-riot 15. Defo(e)rests 16. Bar-racoon 20 Icen (ang. Nice;Hardy My Cicely) 22 Exa-miner 24. Elam (rev.of male) 28. Resist (anag. of sister) 30 Hap-uku 31. Orsino (anag orison Twelfth Night I, 1) 33. Lla-no 35 ental (hidden) 36. Dewy (Hardy Greenwood Tree 38 To-me

Diamonds 5-44 witches' Sabbath (via 25) weekend debauch (via 27)